Tony Bennett and Cliff Richard

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Bennett is, as ever, a class act, effortlessly performing slickly arranged Broadway favourites. But the banter sounds forced and, k.d.lang, Bono and a smooth Billy Joel apart, his partners don’t deserve him. Only Elton John makes both line-ups, but in comparison Cliff’s set is strictly British light entertainment. Bland Saturday night turns like G4 and Daniel O’Donnell and manner of newly recorded Westlifery alongside old hits such as Throw Down a Line.